The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting tomorrow (Sunday to hear the contempt petition which has been filed alleging that authorities continued to shut down Delhi metro stations and cancelled train services in violation of the Court's October 9 order, which directed that there should be no complete prohibition on transport services to handle the October 10 protests announced by CJP and opposition parties against the Chief Election Commissioner.

A bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana will hear the matter.

The petition, filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi (who was one of the petitioners who sought an independent probe into the violence during the July Jantar Mantar student protests), seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan IAS, Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar IPS and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Chairperson D Thara IAS for allegedly wilfully disobeying the Court's directions.

The petitioner alleges that the authorities continued with the arbitrary closure of Metro stations and unwarranted cancellation of train services despite the Supreme Court directing that public transport should be permitted to operate in a regulated manner to avoid inconvenience to Delhi residents.

The petition contends that the continued restrictions have severely "crippled public life" in the national capital and caused hardship to commuters.

The contempt petition arises from the Supreme Court's order passed on October 9 in MA Baby v. Union of India, in which a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana considered the restrictions imposed on Metro and railway services in view of proposed protests at Jantar Mantar.